The Sword in the Age of Chivalry Author:Ewart Oakeshott A definitive study for anyone interested in the subject to have in their library. CLASSIC ARMS AND MILITARIAA history and typology of the European knightly sword. Oakeshott draws on his extensive research to trace its development from the knightly successors of the Viking weapon to the emergence of the Renaissance sword, using evidence from lite... more »rature and art as well as from archaeology.« less